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Functional Mapping of Enhancer Conservation Between Species to Enable Mechanistic Insights into Polygenic Disease

物种间增强子保护的功能图谱，以实现对多基因疾病的机制洞察

基本信息

批准号：
10294279
负责人：
Ryan Tewhey
金额：
$ 51.92万
依托单位：
JACKSON LABORATORY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2021
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2021-09-20 至 2026-06-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10294279
关键词：
Alleles Animal Model Automobile Driving Binding Biological Assay CRISPR screen Cells Complex Deoxyribonucleases Development Disease Elements Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Enhancers Epithelial Etiology Functional disorder Gene Expression Genes Genetic Transcription Genetic Variation Genome Goals Health Heritability Human Human Genome Hypersensitivity Individual Location Maps Measurement Measures Methods Molecular Mus Mutagenesis Neurons Phenotype Physiological Population Regulatory Element Reporter Screening Result Sequence Homology Sulfur Untranslated RNA Variant Writing base causal variant chromatin modification comparative direct application disorder risk genome wide association study genome-wide human disease human model human pluripotent stem cell improved induced pluripotent stem cell insight molecular phenotype success trait

项目摘要

PROJECT SUMMARY Recent advances to characterize cis-regulatory elements (CRE), including massively parallel reporter assays and CRISPR-based screens of non-coding elements, have transformed our ability to comprehensively characterize the non-coding genome at scale. Large scale efforts by us and others through the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) consortium are now underway to apply these methods genome-wide across many cellular states. The results of these screens will have a transformative impact on our ability to read and write the regulatory grammar of the cell. One direct application will be in the interpretation of causal alleles for human disease risk and other phenotypic traits identified through genome-wide association studies. From these studies we now know the majority of heritability for complex traits resides in non-coding regions of the genome. Until recently it has been difficult to pinpoint individual causal alleles but progress is now being made to identify and elucidate their molecular function. Despite our burgeoning success in understanding how a variant impacts molecular phenotypes (e.g. gene transcription), we lack the ability to systematically evaluate allele(s) within model organisms to understand their impact on physiological function. This disconnect is partially due to our inability to identify the homologous non-coding region to target within model organisms. To aid in modeling human regulatory variation in the mouse, in this project we will develop improved maps of homologous CREs between human and mouse. Current comparative approaches rely on sequence homology and correlative measures of gene expression such as regions of DNase hypersensitivity and chromatin modifications. While these methods have provided valuable insight, they lack direct quantitative measurements of a CRE's impact on individual genes and the location of the cis-regulatory modules (CRMs) within the CREs responsible for activity. To overcome these shortcomings, in this study we will develop maps of CRE conservation based directly on function. To accomplish this, we will differentiate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from human and mouse to early developmental states as the starting material for screens of CRE activity. We will use (i) a CRISPR-based screen to endogenously perturb putative CREs important for neuronal and epithelial function; and (ii) CREs with concordant and discordant activity across the two species will then undergo saturation mutagenesis using a massively parallel reporter assay (MPRA). Results from the MPRA will identify CRMs (e.g. TF binding motifs) within each CRE driving regulatory activity of the element. We will use the results from both screens to construct improved maps of CRE conservation that will inform how to copy the effects of genetic variation residing at these regions across species. Doing so will accelerate our progress in moving human disease variants into animal models, thereby allowing us to better understand the pathophysiology of complex diseases in the human population.

项目总结